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The above William Roberts married Anne Angelina Wilson on 03 May 1845 at the British Chaplaincy, St Petersburg, Russia. They had two boys both recorded as baptised at the British Chaplaincy, St Petersburg. One boy William Ingram Roberts baptised 1 March 1846 the second Marcus Wielhorski Roberts baptised, 18 April 1848.
William Roberts birth date I calculate to be 1812 as he died in 1883 at 71 years of age.

I have not located any records for William Roberts born in Russia in 1812 and if he was not born in Russia I am assuming it will be the United Kingdom, but have no information to say where he was born in the UK.

I am hoping there is someone out there with further information that can break down this brick wall. :-)

for ref marcus

Name: Marcus Wiethorskie Roberts
Age: 8/12
Record Type: Burial
Birth Date: abt 1848
Death Date: abt 1849
Burial Date: 20 Jan 1849
Burial Place: St James, St Pancras, Camden, England
Register Type: Bishop's Transcript

William Ingram
Last name Roberts
Sex Male
Birth year 1846
Birth place -
Baptism year 1846
Baptism date 24 Apr 1846
Baptism place British Chaplaincy,St Petersburg,Russia,Ussr
Country Russia
Father's first name(s) William
Father's last name Roberts
Mother's first name(s) Ann Angelina
Mother's last name Wilson
Batch number -
Record set Russia Births & Baptisms 1755-1917

Anne Angelina
Last name Wilson
Sex Female
Birth year 1816
Birth place -
Baptism year 1817
Baptism date 07 Jan 1817
Baptism place British Chaplaincy,St Petersburg,Russia,Ussr
Country Russia
Father's first name(s) William
Father's last name Wilson
Mother's first name(s) Anne Catherine

Russia Marriages 1793-1919
First name(s) Anne Angelina
Last name Wilson
Marriage year 1845
Spouse's first name(s) William
Spouse's last name Roberts
Country Russia
Residence Russ, Russia
Event date 03 May 1845
Place British Chaplaincy,St Petersburg,Russia,Ussr
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish Marriages
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This looks like William Ingram's death in Australia:

William Ingram Roberts

in the Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, 1831-2001
View Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, 1831-2001

Name: William Ingram Roberts
Gender: Male
Death Age: 17
Notice Type: Death
Birth Date: abt 1845
Death Date: 4 Oct 1862
Father: William Roberts
Publication Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Original says he was the son of William Roberts, Esq., manager of the Branch Bank of New South Wales

William's death?


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William Roberts

in the Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, 1831-2001
View Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, 1831-2001

Name: William Roberts
Gender: Male
Death Age: 71
Notice Type: Death
Birth Date: abt 1812
Death Date: 3 Jan 1883
Publication Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Original says for many years manager of Bank of New South Wales.

Name: Anne Angelina Roberts
Birth Date: 1818
Death Date: 16 Aug 1858
Cemetery: Camperdown Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Newtown, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Has Bio?: N
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/mem...

Name William Roberts
Event Type Probate
Event Date -
Event Place Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Event Place Australian Club, Sydney
Death Date 1883
Affiliate Record Identifier 51745
Affiliate Item Number Z04359 [20/6991]
Citing this Record

"Australia, New South Wales, Deceased Estate Files, 1880-1923", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903

Do you have the marriage certificate for William Roberts and Anne Agelina? If so does it name William's father?

Kath. x

as williams death notice mentions Penrith i wondered about ths

Name: William Roberts
Spouse Name: Margaret Lynch
Marriage Date: 1865
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Penrith, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1865
Registration Number: 3014

Name: Thomas Roberts
Birth Date: 1869
Birth Place: New South Wales
Registration Year: 1869
Registration Place: Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Father: William Roberts
Mother: Margaret
Registration Number: 16706

Name: Thomas Roberts
Death Date: 1943
Death Place: New South Wales
Father's name: William
Mother's name: Margaret
Registration Year: 1943
Registration Place: Penrith, New South Wales
Registration Number: 4959

The poster is asking only for BIRTH info for William c1812

Probably 1811, as he was 71 when he died on January 3rd 1883

Erika ....

you are correct, HOWEVER, the OP said that he had no idea where William was born after being unable to find a birth/baptism in Russia.

It seems that the information posted, though not directly answering the question, have provided pointers to possible birth in the UK.

Hi Maddie

Thanks for your input, the William Roberts marriage in 1865 at Penrith is not the William Roberts I am chasing. The William Roberts I am interested in, married in 1866 to Eliza King at Maitland instead. Eliza King was my 2x Great Grandmother.

ErikaH is correct I am hopeing to find out whether Wiliiam Roberts was born in Russia or not and if not I am guessing it is somewhere in the UK .But where?

New South Wales Births Deaths and Marriages does not appear to have a record of his death despite the fact his death is reported in a number of Sydney papers & 1 regional paper. If I could access a Death Transcript hopefully it would have his birth location.

I can confirm all other information provided by respondents matches the information I have previously collected, so thank you to all contributors from last night :-)

You need a copy of the 1845 marriage cert. It should give you the name and occupation of his father.

Without that info, your chances of finding correct birth info are minimmal. You will, in any case, only be able to find a baptism

According to official online info, the parents' names will be on his death cert

So you have a choice of certs to think about purchasing

Re William Ingram's burial - in case you don't have this -

he died as the result of an accident, and was first buried at Goulburn Cemetery, then reinterred in Camperdown on 28 /03/1863.


http://gutenberg.net.au/camperdownNSW/_namelist-alphabetical.html

Hi Argy
Thanks for the update on William Ingram's re-interment to Camperdown Cemetery. It was a piece of information i had not discovered..

I have contacted NSW Birth Deaths & Marriages, re William Roberts death record hopefully they are able to find it and hopefully it will have his birth location documented either in Russia or UK.

Hi Argy
Thanks for the update on William Ingram's re-interment to Camperdown Cemetery. It was a piece of information i had not discovered..

I have contacted NSW Birth Deaths & Marriages, re William Roberts death record hopefully they are able to find it and hopefully it will have his birth location documented either in Russia or UK.

I know the newspaper death notice for William says he was 71 and died on 3 Jan 1883, but I'm wondering about the burial at Camperdown of a William Roberts, aged 73, died 2 Jan 1883. (On that link I posted)

Is it possible that's the same person, with some clerical error?
He's apparently not buried in the same grave as Anne Angelina - but then neither is William Ingram. (And I suppose he'd be more likely to be buried with his second wife Eliza in any case.)

If so, maybe his burial number (BN 17321 ) might help the search?


ADDED:

William Roberts
in the Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current
Name: William Roberts
Birth Date: 1810
Death Date: 2 Jan 1883
Cemetery: Camperdown Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Newtown, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Has Bio?: N


This is also the man buried at Camperdown. Died in Sydney, per the image. Burial No 17321.:

William Roberts
in the Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1814-2011
Name: William Roberts
Death Age: 73
Event Type: Burial
Birth Date: abt 1810
Death Date: abt 1883 [ 2 Jan 1883 ]
Burial Date: 12 Jan 1883
Burial Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Parish as it Appears: St Stephen


Camperdown Cemetery
189 Church St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia
Phone: +61 2 9557 2043

A possible silhouette of William's second wife Eliza here:

http://collection.hht.net.au/firsthhtpictures/fullRecordPicture.jsp?

recnoListAttr=recnoListRI&recno=53942


(I've had to split that link into two parts so as not to stretch the page too much, so you'll have to join it together again. I haven't been able to access tinyurl for a couple of days - just keep getting an error message.)

I agree the 2 year age difference does raise the question, are there two William Roberts who died at the same time but one two years older than the other.

I did a alphabetic search of the Camperdown Cemetery database and found only one William Roberts who died in the year 1883 and that was 2 January BN17321. (His will states he died on 3rd Jan 1883) So with the Sydney Morning Herald 11/01/1883 Pg 14 reporting William Roberts funeral destination as Camperdown Cemetery, I am confident this is the one and same person. And am putting the 2 year discrepancy down to a clerical error.

Another reason for William Roberts Burial at Camperdown Cemetery is his first wife and son who predeceased him had been buried at Camperdown.

His 2nd wife Eliza King was buried at the Raymond Terrace Pioneer Cemetery in 1887 alongside her 3 daughters who had predeceased her. i have sighted their graves.

Thanks for the page on the possible silhouette of Eliza Roberts/King.
As regards William Roberts Birth location I do hope NSW Birth, Deaths & Marriages can locate the death certificate.

https://tinyurl.com/yy2gykje

https://tinyurl.com/y65vjmf7

Quite a few saying the 3rd, from Trove Newspapers...(Bank Manager, Penrith)

Chris :)

https://tinyurl.com/yxr9cfy9 (Ann Angelina)

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/search?adv=y

(all from above link, probably more items, if you play around with keywords)

NSW Births Deaths & Marriages have replied, they cant find a death record for William Roberts either. Apparently in the 1880s it was not compulsory to record the death with NSW Birth Deaths & Marriages. So without a death record it looks unlikely I can trace where he was born and who his parents where.
So to each of you thank you for your time and input. It has helped to get a better picture of the life of William Roberts.